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St. Mary's Convent High school, Mapusa is staging a play titled "Lion King"
December 1, 2007 - Hanuman Hall, Mapusa
to fundraise for a false ceiling for the school hall
& upgrading the school playground
Headmistress Sr. Namika A.C. / Teacher Mrs. Sonia Noronha
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Mogall Miguel bab,
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, you wrote:
<< He believes that all THREE of them erred initially
.... and TWO of them realized their folly while alive
and accepted it. Fr. Antonio Pereira sj changed his
mind seeing the reality.>>
My response:
If by the above statement, you want to say that Fr.
Antonio Pereira s.j. changed his mind on the issue of
the script for the official language Konkani, then you
must be possessing proof of this. Therefore, I shall
be obliged if you could furnish that. Please remember
that Fr. Pereira was a prolific writer whose
instructive and educative articles appeared in several
Konkani periodicals. If at all he changed his mind on
such an important matter, he must have written so and
published it somewhere. Please tell us where.
Otherwise, a couple of years from now, I presume that
we shall be told that the late Fr. Moreno too changed
his stand while on his deathbed!
You wrote:
<< A year back, would you imagine KBM conducting a
seminar on Konkani
writing in the Romi lipi .... or giving literary
awards to Romi
writers in Konkani? It is the reality today.>>
My response:
My dear Miguelbab, your credibility is limited by your
credulity. If you believe, without question, and
propagate everything that your sources dish out, then
your credibility is bound to take a beating. This is
irrespective of and notwithstanding your professed
"pains to be right". For your kind information, the
KBM has all along been giving prizes to Konkani books
written in the Roman script as well. It also awards
Konkani journalists. And, if my memory serves me
right, the number of Romi journalists who have been
awarded to date at least equals (if not exceeds) that
of Nagri journalists.
So, please take the word of your informants, however
reverend they might be, with a large dose of salt.
Sotachench Zoit Zatolem.
Mog asum.
Sebastian M. Borges
"Miguel Braganza" [EMAIL PROTECTED] had
written:
Mogall Sebastianv-bab,
If, perhaps, by the word "confrere" you refer to Fr.
Pratap Naik sj
who, like Fr. Antonio Pereira sj, once believed that
the future of
Konkani was in Devanagri, then the word "pliable" is
NOT used by him
to describe Fr. Antonio Pereira or Fr. Moreno de Souza
sj. He believes
that all THREE of them erred initially .... and TWO of
them realised
their folly while alive and accepted it. Fr. Antonio
Pereira sj
changed his mind seeing the reality. Fr. Pratap Naik
sj has also
witnessed first hand the unfolding of the backlash to
the atempted
imposition of Devanagri in neighbouring Karnataka.
Perhaps, you and I
will also see it closer home, sooner rather than
later.
A year back, would you imagine KBM conducting a
seminar on Konkani
writing in the Romi lipi .... or giving literary
awards to Romi
writers in Konkani? It is the reality today. We live
today for a
better tomorrow. Yesterday is dead and gone. Tell me
if I am wrong. I
have never run away from the truth. I have confidence
that neither
will you, although you may ignore it when
inconvenient.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
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